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Teamsters foaming over ejection at Yuengling (new favorite brew alert!)
Associated Press ^
| May 29, 2007
| Michael Rubinkam
Posted on 05/29/2007 2:07:19 PM PDT by buzzyboop
POTTSVILLE, Pa. -- Dick Yuengling Jr., fifth-generation owner of the brewery that bears his name, called his employees together a few weeks before their labor contract was set to expire to talk about the future of the business.
"Read between the lines," he told them at one point, according to government documents on the management-union feud that followed.
Depending upon whom you ask, Mr. Yuengling's speech was either a pep talk to urge employees to work harder or an ultimatum to dump the Teamsters union, which is what they did.
The union has been trying to strike back, urging a boycott of the 178-year-old brewery's product. The company says the effort has fallen flat -- with "absolutely zero feedback" from the marketplace, according to Chief Operating Officer David Casinelli.
Now, the Teamsters say they are going to try to get state lawmakers to intervene in what they say has been an unfair fight.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: beer; pottsville; teamsters; union; unionthugs; yuengling
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To: buzzyboop
81
posted on
05/29/2007 3:59:53 PM PDT
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
To: knews_hound
More-the-business-end-than-the-pleasant-end-but-what-ya-gonna-do? ping
82
posted on
05/29/2007 4:02:39 PM PDT
by
decal
(Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives - the Progs have never figured this out.)
To: trimom
>>>>Try the Lord Chesterfield Ale or the Black and Tan!
Better yet...pick up a case of Yuengling Porter and a case of Chesterfield Ale and Mix 50/50 or to taste....Serve 35 degreez
YUMSter Big time
83
posted on
05/29/2007 4:04:02 PM PDT
by
halfright
(How come you never see any Suicide Mullah's?)
To: buzzyboop
I suppose this is a silly question, but what does driving trucks have to do with brewing beer? When it is the Teamsters/AFL-CIO vs Joe Hometown Brewer, it's awfully hard to paint the management as "The Man" and the Union as the underdogs.
Which brings me to my second silly question. Why aren't Unions subject to the same monopoly trade restrictions as the companies?
84
posted on
05/29/2007 4:05:50 PM PDT
by
LexBaird
(PR releases are the Chinese dog food of political square meals.)
To: Ron in Acreage
That was the Shlitz brewery when I was going to school at USF in ‘70.
85
posted on
05/29/2007 4:07:51 PM PDT
by
ChildOfThe60s
(If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
To: halfright
Oh, I forgot, My wifes girlfriend is in the ex brew masters family. Nars Norbert used to bring the beer to her parties. We miss him, dearly. Have 1/4 keg of Lager on tap...
86
posted on
05/29/2007 4:11:10 PM PDT
by
halfright
(How come you never see any Suicide Mullah's?)
To: Ron in Acreage
Ying is everywhere. There’s a brewery in Tampa FL. It’s on tap just about everywhere I go in Florida. When I first got to this coast for a visit back in 2005, I thought it was Chinese beer!
Florida does indeed have some good beers on tap. I fondly remember "The Yard House" in West Palm Beach. 117 beers on tap!
87
posted on
05/29/2007 4:20:25 PM PDT
by
hunter112
(Change will happen when very good men are forced to do very bad things.)
To: philsfan24
I wish we could get it in the West, but it’s not available out here.
88
posted on
05/29/2007 4:41:35 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Al Qaeda knows Iraq's strategic value, yet the Democrats work day and night for our defeat there.)
To: BamaDi
You’ll be happy. Since moving out here to MD, I’ve been drinking Yeungling and prefer it over any of the other commmercial beers sold here. A couple of local micro-breweries have some good stuff, but Yeungling is even better than most of them.
89
posted on
05/29/2007 4:42:56 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("By the simple exercise of our will, we can exert a power for good practically unbounded, etc, etc.")
To: philsfan24
"im picking up a case of yuengling on my way home tonight."
And that is OK with your wife? / jk
90
posted on
05/29/2007 4:45:04 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Never insult small minded men in positions of power.)
To: HamiltonJay
I spent a winter in Pottsville one day.
91
posted on
05/29/2007 4:46:36 PM PDT
by
mad_as_he$$
(Never insult small minded men in positions of power.)
To: LexBaird
Which brings me to my second silly question. Why aren't Unions subject to the same monopoly trade restrictions as the companies? No. The Wagner Act of 1935 gives them immunity.
To: Andy'smom
We have it in Florida.
I like the Black & Tan best.
93
posted on
05/29/2007 5:15:52 PM PDT
by
sarasmom
(I avoid pointless acts of violence, while continuing to hone my skills of inflicting lethal force.)
To: Paleo Conservative
No. The Wagner Act of 1935 gives them immunity. Yes, but why? The Union tail has been wagging the Big Business dog for some time. I think the Labor Act needs serious updating.
94
posted on
05/29/2007 5:20:45 PM PDT
by
LexBaird
(PR releases are the Chinese dog food of political square meals.)
To: trimom
“Try the Lord Chesterfield Ale or the Black and Tan!”
The only place to go for Yuengling is to the immediate area of the PA brewery in Pottsville. They brew some that you can’t get out of state. In MD at least.
95
posted on
05/29/2007 5:24:05 PM PDT
by
hophead
("Enjoy Every Sandwich")
To: LexBaird
Yes, but why? The Union tail has been wagging the Big Business dog for some time. Here's why?
I think the Labor Act needs serious updating.
Not under this Congress
To: dirtboy
Yuengling is my favorite American beer.
97
posted on
05/29/2007 5:25:55 PM PDT
by
maica
(America will be a hyperpower that's all hype and no power -- if we do not prevail in Iraq)
To: maica
How does it compare to Shiner Bock?
To: 4yearlurker
jones is gone? what a shame I have an aunt out there at barren run area
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posted on
05/29/2007 5:34:04 PM PDT
by
CONSERVE
To: Ron in Acreage
I’ll be getting a case this weekend. Unions only get their way by force and threats. Just like the government Jessie Jackson.
Sorry, it just slipped out.
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posted on
05/29/2007 5:35:50 PM PDT
by
NonLinear
(This is something almost unknown within Washington. It's called leadership.)
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